CVE-2004-1333: Linux Kernel

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer overflow in the vc_resize function in the Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 before 2.6.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a short new screen value, which leads to a buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.4.0 only; version 2.4.1 only; version 2.4.2 only; version 2.4.3 only; version 2.4.4 only; version 2.4.5 only; …
• Red Hat Fedora Core: version core_1.0 only; version core_2.0 only; version core_3.0 only
• Red Hat Linux: version 7.3 only; version 9.0 only

Published 2004-12-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.